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Special Event

Event

Cesar Chavez Birthday Celebration / ¡Únase a una celebración especial de cumpleaños en honor a César Chávez!

César E. Chávez National Monument

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 35.000000, -119.000000


Events will be inside and outside the Visitor Center

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

5 hours

Type of Event

Children’s Program
Exhibition/Show
Festival
Walk

Description

A Celebration of Cesar's Birthday!

Únase a una celebración especial de cumpleaños en honor a César Chávez!

This event includes a meditation and nature walk; book readings in English and Spanish; a movie screening of "Cesar's Last Fast"; an Easter egg hunt; and a Junior Ranger Program and ceremony.

Schedule of Events:

  • 10:00 am to 10:45 am:
    • Finding Peace at La Paz: a meditation and nature walk around the monument grounds.   |   Buscando paz en La Paz; meditación y paseo por la naturaleza.
  • 11:00 am to 11:45 am:
    • Storytime at the Park. Hispanic Access Foundation Intern Aracely Herrera will be reading a book in English and Spanish from the visitor center’s gift shop about Cesar Chavez’s life and the farmworker labor movement.   |   Hora de Cuento en el Parque.  Aracely Herrera, pasante de la Fundación Acceso Hispano, leerá un libro en inglés y español en la tienda de regalos del centro de visitantes sobre la vida de César Chávez y el movimiento laboral de los trabajadores agrícolas.
  • 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm:
    • Special Movie Screening of “Cesar’s Last Fast”   |   Proyección especial de la película “El último ayuno de César”
  • 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm:
    • Celebrate Cesar’s favorite holiday, Easter, with an Easter Egg hunt in the gardens.   |   Celebre el dia festivo favorita de César, la Pascua, con una búsqueda de huevos de Pascua en los jardines.
  • 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm:
    • Junior Ranger Program and ceremony.   |   Programa y ceremonia de Junior Ranger/ Guardabosques Junior

Reservation or Registration: No

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An event flyer. The top section shows a photo of a fountain. The bottom section has a list of events
An event flyer. The top section shows a photo of a fountain. The bottom section has a list of events
Events will occur inside and outside the Visitor Center. See event description for a schedule of events.
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